What doesn't transmit light creates its own darkness. - Marcus Aurelius

Be not as one that hath ten thousand years to live; death is nigh at hand: while thou livest, while thou hast time, be good.

“If you don’t have a consistent goal in life, you can’t live it in a consistent way.” (Hays translation)

People try to get away from it all—to the country, to the beach, to the mountains. You always wish that you could too. Which is idiotic: you can get away from it anytime you like. By going within. Nowhere you can go is more peaceful—more free of interruptions—than your own soul. (Hays translation)